If someone were to ask you about Jesus Christ, could you honestly in your heart say, “I know him and he knows me”? You know, the saddest words that we could ever imagine would be someday to stand before God on the day of judgment, and for him to look at us and to say, “I never knew you. Depart from me.” But one of the greatest things you could ever hear is for God to say to you, “Well done, good and faithful servant. Come into the joy of your king.”
So, there is a choice that we have to make. When it comes to contentment, our problem isn't wanting things too much. It's not wanting Jesus enough. We have a Heavenly Father that has supplied all of our needs and he’s done that in the person of Jesus Christ. We have to ask God to help us grow in contentment by drawing us closer to his son Jesus Christ. At the heart of contentment, it all comes back to Christ. It all comes back to your relationship with Jesus, because if you have him, you have everything. If you don't have him, then you have nothing that will last for eternity. Jesus Christ is the only thing that will matter when we stand before the Lord.
Reflection/Discussion Question: What can you change in your life to pursue the things of this world less and Jesus more?
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